On The Same Page

In this episode we interview Central’s Young Adult Librarian, Neda, about YA horror as well as JMRL’s Circulation Manager, Brittany, about the Food for Fines food drive. Check out our staff made Young Adult horror find it list for more recommendations. Know of a haunted place you want to visit? Don’t forget to check out … Continue reading S.8 E.7 — Fines, Ghosts, and Young Adult Horror! Oh My! →

This episode features several JMRL staff and patrons talking about their earliest memories when it comes to music and giving recommendations for books written by famous musicians. Don’t forget to check out the American Library Association’s list of most banned books in the 2000s. Miranda and I are sure going to miss Abby and EJ … Continue reading S.8 E.6 — Banned (and Band) Books 2024 →

Visit JMRL’s calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. This episode features several JMRL staff talking about their reading experiences of 2023, and outlining a few reading resolutions for 2024. If you aren’t already familiar with Libby, be sure to check it out. A completely free and user-friendly app (and webpage) for reading eBooks … Continue reading S.8 E.5 — Reading Resolutions for 2024 →

Visit JMRL’s calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. This episode features several JMRL staff talking about what they love about Manga and Anime, there’s even more to the conversation with a part two of this episode dropping with our next episode! Below are several Find It Lists to help you all find your … Continue reading S.8. E.4 – Genre Deep Dives – Manga! (Part One) →

Please participate in the Five Year Survey here! Visit JMRL’s calendar for information on upcoming programs & events. This episode features book club members from two of our longstanding book clubs: the Brown Baggers book club and Books on Tap book club. Brown Baggers meets on the third Thursday of every month at noon, at … Continue reading S.8 E.3 – Book Club Deep Dive & the Five Year Survey →

Visit JMRL’s calendar for more information on upcoming programs & events. We’re pitching new podcast book club titles! Which book would you like to read along with us in our next Overbooked series? 101 Ways to Go Zero Waste by Kathryn Kellogg Matrix by Lauren Groff Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh Fuzz: When … Continue reading S.8 E.2 – Listening to Audiobooks Always Counts as Reading →

Welcome to the 8th Season of On the Same Page! Visit JMRL’s calendar for more information on upcoming programs & events. In today’s episode, we talk about a short story by Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour,” written and first published in 1894. We use the five C’s to dissect this very telling short … Continue reading S.8 E.1 – Short Story Deep Dive →

Visit JMRL’s calendar for more information on upcoming programs & events. Nedra’s books featured in JMRL Local Voices Collection: Illuminus: the induction Baltimore Imprint The Diary of Janay Wilkerson Nedra’s most highly recommended publishing resources: Fiverr IngramSpark More from the JMRL collection: JMRL Literacy collection Transparent Language Online Healthy Living Workshop Series Jujutsu Kaisen (an … Continue reading S.7 E.12 – All About Self Publishing with Nedra Brown →

Welcome to JMRL’s summer challenge! Find everything you need here. Episode mentions including Reader’s Advisory Corner – Summer Reading Suggestions from Abby & EJ: Ghost Music by An Yu (Choose a new book read to read just by looking at the cover – August) Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler; a graphic novel adaptation … Continue reading S.7. E.11 – Summer Reading Hype →

Thanks for joining us for an exciting game of trivia! Check out the JMRL calendar for more information on Summer Reading kickoffs! Here are some of the memorable mentions from today’s segment: During our geography trivia section, we remembered fondly the origins of our podcast book club, Overbooked, which first began with the title The … Continue reading S.7 E.10 – Are You Smarter than a Librarian? →

Want to jump around? 1:45 – Grow, Learn, Connect 4:05 – In ten words… 6:15 – John Teixeira: chess is just as exciting as the Super Bowl 14:32 – Molly Foster: the magic of open-ended process art 23:53 – David Levi: turn your body (or bananas) into a musical instrument 31:00 – Addeane Caelleigh: the … Continue reading S.7 E.9 — How To Be Awesome →

Want to jump around? 00:00 – “The Bronx” by Ogden Nash (read by Steve from Central) 1:14 – “Spring” Original poem by Anne from Scottsville 2:42 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here) 4:37 – Original poem by Zavia from Northside 6:05 – Poem In Your Pocket Day Information – Celebrate with us on … Continue reading S.7 E.8 – Poetry Reading Palooza →

Want to jump around? 0:46 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here) 2:45 – Abby’s book chat: It’s Not All Downhill From Here by Terry McMillan 7:12 – EJ’s book chat: Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen 14:21 – Poetry deep dive: EJ chose “Cage” by Josephine Miles 24:33 – Poetry deep dive: Abby chose “It’s … Continue reading S.7 E.7 – Take Some Time with a Poem →

Want to jump around? 00:50 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here) 2:30 – Interview with Ross Gay 24:15 – The Rundown (also featuring Ross) Upcoming Events: Livestream Ross Gay’s Same Page Conversation from Virginia Humanities YouTube Channel Friends of the Library Book Sale: the Spring Book Sale is scheduled for April 1-9 at 300 … Continue reading S.7. E.6. – “That Notebook Might Be Magic”: A Conversation With Ross Gay →

Want to jump around? 1:23 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here) 3:45 – Overbooked (featuring All The Light We Cannot See) 23:50 – The Rundown It’s March! JMRL’s Same Page Community Read program is underway! You can participate by reading the book and attending delightfully inspired programming all month long. Tune in next … Continue reading S.7. E.5 – All The Light We Cannot See: Book Characteristics →

Want to jump around? 1:05 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here) 3:00 – Reading Resolutions Check-in 11:45 – Abby’s book chat: Unbound by Tarana Burke EJ’s book chat: Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews & Faith Ringgold: Narrating the World in Pattern and Color by Sharna Jackson 19:50 – Interview with Meredith Dickens For … Continue reading S.7. E.4 – The Library Collection is a Living Dynamic Thing →

Want to jump around? 1:05 – Grow, Learn, Connect (check the calendar here) 3:10 – Overbooked (featuring All The Light We Cannot See) 34:50 – The Rundown For the Same Page Community Read this March we are delighted to have Ross Gay as our featured author, with his book, The Book of Delights. For more … Continue reading S.7 E.3 — All The Light We Cannot See: Book Club Questions →

Want to jump around? 1:10 – Spotlight: community journals 3:20 – grow, learn, connect (check the calendar here) 5:25 – Abby’s book chat: Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang 9:45 – EJ’s book chat: Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia 14:50 – a word from Crozet’s TAB (more information here) 18:40 … Continue reading S.7 E.2 — Introducing Crozet’s Teen Advisory Board →

Want to jump around? 1:15 – grow, learn, connect (check the calendar here) 2:45 – The Rundown (reading, watching, learning, surprise question!) 8:15 – Overbooked – – characters and plot discussion 41:00 – Same Page Community Read announcement Abby raved about Jacqueline Woodson as the Same Page Community Read author in 2021; this year, we … Continue reading S.7 E.1 – All The Light We Cannot See: Characters and Plot →

Want to jump around? Use these time codes to visit different segments in today’s episode: 2:05 — JMRL email newsletters 4:15 — Abby and EJ’s favorite reads, most anticipated reads, and reading resolutions 23:00 — JMRL reading resolutions and favorite reads of 2022 This is our last episode of 2022. We hope you enjoyed this … Continue reading S.6. E.15 – Reading Resolutions for 2023 →